The UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS)

Abstract

Cigarette smoking and harmful use of alcohol are major preventable causes of early death, disease, accidents and injury in the UK. Although the health effects of smoking have been widely recognised for decades, active and passive smoking still kill over 100,000 people and cause over 160,000 new cases of illness in children each year. Half of the 10 million smokers in the UK today will be killed by their smoking unless they stop. In contrast to smoking, alcohol consumption in the UK has increased markedly in the last thirty years. Ten million people in the UK now drink alcohol to harmful levels, and alcohol causes over 15,000 deaths, 1 million hospital admissions, and accidents and violence that together cost our society more than £20 billion each year. Like the effects of smoking, these harms affect the poorest in society most. Also like tobacco, alcohol consumption is driven by very powerful multinational industries with substantial political influence. It is therefore essential to find better ways to prevent smoking and harmful use of alcohol, now and in the future, and to prevent commercial interests from undermining these actions.

Much has been learnt from the successes of reducing smoking prevalence, and many successful tobacco strategies can be applied to prevent alcohol harm. However, alcohol strategies must also take account of the fact that while smoking is dangerous at all levels, low levels of alcohol consumption do not have equivalent health harms to tobacco. So while tobacco policy can be pursued with the aim of eradicating smoking from society, alcohol policy has to aim to prevent consumption to levels that cause significant harm to the user, or to others.

This proposal aims to address these problems by bringing together leading tobacco and alcohol researchers to build on success in tobacco research over the past five years by creating a new research centre, the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), to study new ways to prevent tobcco and alcohol-related harm, and promote their implementation. Since 2008 we have applied this approach in smoking prevention through the existing UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies (UKCTCS), and achieved significant impacts on tobacco policy and practice (see www.ukctcs.org). We now propose to continue our tobacco work and to establish a major new focus on alcohol, by incorporating leading international alcohol researchers into the new Centre. Our work will aim to:

1. Understand and identify preventable reasons why people smoke or use alcohol to a harmful degree, and improve understanding of the health impacts of these behaviours

2. Understand and develop better population measures to to reduce smoking and harmful use of alcohol

3. Develop and implement better individual health interventions to prevent smoking and harmful use of alcohol

4. Develop and apply harm reduction strategies for those otherwise likely to continue to smoke or sustain harm from alcohol

5. Understand the tactics of the industry to encourage tobacco and alcohol consumption and thus undermine health policy and practice

6. Use the outcomes of our research to work, with other professional and public groups and individuals, to improve UK and international action to prevent smoking and harm from alcohol

We will also aim to further develop our training and development of academic, policymaker and practitioner capacity for tobacco and alcohol work in the future, and to establish UKCTAS as a self sustaining Centre by the end of the five-year funding period. The main benefits of the Centre will be the achievement of sustained reductions in harms to individuals and society from tobacco and alcohol use.

Technical Summary

Our objectives will be to determine:

1. What are the determinants and risks to individuals and society of tobacco and alcohol use; can current theorisation of tobacco use and behaviour change be applied to alcohol?

2. How can population-level policies and interventions be used to maximise prevention of harm from tobacco and alcohol use?

3. How can face-to-face interventions to promote smoking cessation and reduce excessive alcohol consumption be improved; and their delivery and uptake maximised?

4. How can harm reduction strategies be applied to prevent harm from tobacco or alcohol in people otherwise refractory to behaviour change?

5. What are the political, social and ethical barriers to more effective tobacco and alcohol policy and how can these be overcome?

6. How do multinational industries influence consumers and regulators to maximise profitability; can policy address conflicting health and commercial interests?

7. How can health inequalities caused by smoking and alcohol be reduced?

8. How can we exploit the power of newly available electronic health datasets, and advances in analytic methods, to enhance this work?

9. How cost-effective are measures to prevent smoking and harmful use of alcohol; what are the wider economic costs and benefits of prevention?

We will use methods from a spectrum of skills and disciplines including clinical and health psychology, functional neuroimaging, observational epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical trials, complex interventions, health services research, e-health data analysis, documentary analysis, genetics, economics, health economics, impact assessment, policy development and evaluation, advocacy, qualitative methods, social policy research, social marketing, ethics and statistics. Our work will lead to policy and practice changes that reduce the prevalence of smoking and harmful use of alcohol, and hence the mortality, morbidity and wider costs to individuals and society they cause.

Planned Impact

Who will benefit? The main beneficiaries will be [1] current smokers and users of alcohol, and their families, peers and wider society, for whom the direct and indirect health effects, financial and opportunity costs of smoking and harmful use of alcohol will be reduced; and [2] children/young people for whom future smoking and harmful use of alcohol, and the consequent impacts on society, are prevented. The disadvantaged groups currently most affected by the burden of harm from tobacco and alcohol use will benefit the most. Intermediate beneficiaries will include national and local government and politicians, other policymakers (eg Behavioural Insight Team, Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence), advocacy groups in the UK (eg Alcohol Health Alliance and Action on Smoking and Health) and internationally (eg World Health Organisation, European Network for Smoking Prevention); and charities (eg British Lung Foundation, CR-UK, British Heart Foundation) who use and apply our findings to generate policy change. Health service commissioners and providers will benefit from improved service designs and delivery models; local government and national enforcement agencies from evidence on pricing, access, illicit supply; schools from improved health promotion resources; industry from harm reduction collaborations and consequent economic opportunities; and other academics for insight into successful behaviour change development and application. Intermediate beneficiaries will also benefit from our training opportunities.

How will they benefit? Smokers, and people who misuse alcohol, will accrue a range of health and other benefits. Half of all regular smokers die from smoking, and every year of smoking after the age of 35 reduces life expectancy by three months; smoking also exacerbates poverty. Smokers who quit smoking, and young people who do not start smoking, thus enjoy massive benefits in quality and quantity of life, wealth and productivity; this will also benefit their families, friends and wider society who also benefit from reduced passive smoke exposure. Society will benefit from avoiding environmental damage arising from tobacco farming. Similar arguments apply to alcohol: moderating alcohol intake will improve quantity and quality of life, to personal benefit and to the benefit of family, friends and wider society, all of whom also benefit from a reduction in alcohol-induced accidents, violence, neglect, and disorder. Reducing tobacco use and the harmful use of alcohol will also substantially narrow social inequalities in health. Since many of the impacts of both tobacco and alcohol are rapidly reversible, benefits will accrue almost immediately after successful behaviour change. Wider society will benefit from the increases in health and productivity that ensue, and from the reduced financial and opportunity costs arising from smoking and harmful alcohol use. Intermediate beneficiaries will benefit from provision of and access to high quality research and policy work, and for alcohol, the efficient translation of successful smoking prevention policy into prevention of alcohol harms. We will continue to publicise our research findings widely through academic and lay media, and hence will influence academics and policy makers nationally (as in development of effective alcohol policy) and internationally (eg in implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control). Industries engaging in nicotine harm reduction, an area in which the UK now leads the world by creating an environment in which harm reduction is now embraced, will have an opportunity to capitalise on massive global demand and markets for alternative low-hazard nicotine products. Through our training courses for professionals as well as academics we will increase awareness and skills in the areas of tobacco and alcohol, and build capacity to address these and related behavioural problems in the future.

Advisor to the WHO in three part module on Training for Leadership and Advocacy Teams to Reduce Alcohol Harm in Young People in Selected Countries in the Western Pacific Region

Geographic Reach

Multiple continents/international

Policy Influence Type

Participation in a national consultation

Description

Chair and members of RCP tobacco advisory group

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Participation in advisory committee

Impact

The RCP group, led by John Britton, has published several reports that have had significant influence on UK tobacco policy.
Harm Reduction in Nicotine Addiction (2007) http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/harm-reduction-nicotine-addiction.pdf
set the agenda for the use of harm reduction for tobacco use in Britain and was influential in initiating the development of NICE guidance (PH45) on tobacco harm reduction, and policy on the regulation of electronic cigarettes in Britain and elsewhere (Canada, Australia)
Passive smoking and children (2010) http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/passive-smoking-and-children.pdf has been heavily cited in advocacy for and the publication of legislation to prohibit smoking in cars
Smoking and mental health (2013) http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/sites/default/files/smoking_and_mental_health_-_full_report_web.pdf has drawn attention to the very high prevalence of smoking among people with mental health problems, and the low levels of engagement of clinical services to promote smoking cessation in this group. The report provided much information used in the development of NICE guidance on smoking cessation in secondary care (PH48), and to implementation of smoke-free policies in a growing number of mental health and other acute secondary care settings

External Reference Members Tobacco Control Expert Advisory Group Public Health Wales

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Participation in advisory committee

Impact

John Britton and Linda Bauld are members of this committee advising on tobacco control policy in Wales

Description

Felix Naugton has been appointed as Topic Expert to NICE guidance update committee on digital methods of promoting behaviour change

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Membership of a guideline committee

Description

Findings informed an update on the national strategy document for smoking cessation in pregnancy in England developed by the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Participation in a advisory committee

Impact

The Challenge Group reports (2013 and 2015 - this research fed into the latter) provide an independent strategy to address smoking in pregnancy in England. Recommendations of the reports directly inform key elements of practice to reduce smoking in pregnancy such as the introduction of routine CO screening (to identify smokers), opt out referral to stop smoking services, and the content and quality of the behavioural support and Nicotine Replacement Therapy that stop smoking services provide to pregnant women.
The PI of this study chairs the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group

Improving policy and practice to support more women to stop smoking in pregnancy

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Influenced training of practitioners or researchers

Impact

Professor Linda Bauld chairs the Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge group which prepared an action plan in 2013 to help meet the smoking in pregnancy target of 11% at the point of delivery by 2015. The plan contained a series of recommendations, many of which have now been adopted in some parts of England and the target was just met. In particular, the report drew on a 2012 UKCTAS study that I led which identified the correct carbon monoxide screening cut of in pregnancy of 4ppm. This cut off has now been widely take up and women whose reading is above this level and automatically referred to stop smoking services. The impact on policy therefore is improving policy and practice to support more women to stop smoking in pregnancy.

Description

Independent evidence to Public Health England on electronic cigarettes

MHRA Committee on Human Medicines nicotine working group membership and evidence provision

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Participation in advisory committee

Impact

John Britton, Marcus Munafo and Paul Aveyard are member of this committee, which advise the MHRA on the licensing of nicotine-containing products such as electronic cigarettes. Prof Peter Hajek and colleagues have carried out research on nicotine content and emissions from electronic cigarettes to advise the committee. Prof Robert West's Smoking Toolkit Study has informed the committee on patterns of use of electronic cigarettes. The committee has argued for permissive regulation that encourages manufacturers to license electronic cigarettes as medicines. An example of one committee paper citing Prof Hajek's and Prof West's work is given through the link below

ASH Scotland has routinely being sending politicians and civil servants material on TI tactics using TobaccoTactics showing how the industry is using front groups and people such as Will O'Reilly and this has been key background information to help push for 5.3 implementation. One of the results is that the Scottish Government Ministerial Group on Tobacco from November 2014 on requires a full written advance declaration of interests from members.
From email to members of the Group from Alexander Tod, Tobacco Control, Public Health Division, 17 November 2014:
"Following the last meeting of the Ministerial Group on Tobacco, representation has been made by seven members that a clearer advance written declaration of relevant interests would be both helpful and appropriate in meeting the Group's responsibilities for transparency under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Accordingly all members of the group are asked to submit a written declaration by 25 November 2014 outlining all contacts, formal or informal, that group members or their organisations or any organisation or body they represent have had with tobacco companies (or their representatives or vested interests) initially for the past twelve months, with the written advance declaration to be updated before each Ministerial Group."
The written declaration should cover dates, names and organisations of those involved and topics discussed. Please also include updates on any funding or in-kind support received or joint or sponsored activities relevant to the remit of this group.

Description

NICE Quality standards advisory committee on tobacco harm reduction

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Membership of a guidance committee

Impact

John Britton is a member of this committee which meets for the first time in November 2014

Description

NICE guidelines

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Participation in a advisory committee

Description

Our research model used as an example of good practice and a model for the establishment for a series of national Tobacco Industry Observatories across 3 continents with more planned

Geographic Reach

Multiple continents/international

Policy Influence Type

Influenced training of practitioners or researchers

Impact

our novel knowledge exchange platform, www.TobaccoTactics.org has been highly praised & widely used by diverse audiences including civil servants, politicians , NGOs and journalists. Some politicians have described how they use it routinely to determine whether those lobbying them are tobacco industry front groups.
Furthermore, the FCTC Secretariat identified our model of tobacco industry research and dissemination as an example of good practice and has now initiated a project to establish similar university based 'Tobacco Industry Observatories' elsewhere[WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Establishment of tobacco industry monitoring centres. WHO FCTC Secretariat: 2015]. So far they have been established in Brazil, Sri Lanka and South Africa with others planned for Thailand, Lebanon and Russia. We have played a supportive role and have been commissioned to provide training for new Observatory staff.

Dr Taisia Huckle (Massey University, New Zealand) presented at the "Reducing the impact of alcohol on family violence" held by SUPERU (Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit) in Wellington to approximately 70 policy and related stakeholders. The presentation reported the findings from a literature review conducted by Dr Taisia Huckle and Professor Sally Casswell on reducing the impact of alcohol on family violence.

Description

Presentation of findings to Scottish government colleagues to influence decisions on additional e-cigarette marketing restrictions in Scotland as part of the UK Electronic Cigarette Research Forum

Geographic Reach

Local/Municipal/Regional

Policy Influence Type

Gave evidence to a government review

Description

Production of NICE PH48 guidance on smoking cessation in secondary care

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Membership of a guidance committee

Impact

guidelines make secondary care provision smoke-free -- and introduces default intervention to support smoking cessation for all smokers.
has already supported successful implementations, particularly in mental health settings, including KCL and Cheshire and Wirral.

Description

Professor Petra Meier is Scientific Advisor to the Institute of Alcohol Studies

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Participation in a advisory committee

Description

Professor Petra Meier is a member of Chief Medical Officer's Drinking Guidelines Expert Advisory Group

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Membership of a guideline committee

Description

Professor Petra Meier is a member of Public Health England's Alcohol Leadership Board

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Membership of a guideline committee

Description

Programme NOT rolled out further by the Scottish Government

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Gave evidence to a government review

Impact

This study was an evaluation of a pilot programme introduced by the Scottish government as a commitment in their last tobacco control plan. They also committed to an evaluation of the pilot, which resulted in our study.
The results of our study suggested that while the ASSIST programme was successfully delivered in the pilot areas, it did not result in measurable outcomes in terms of preventing smoking uptake and indeed the evidence that trained peer supporter pupils ended up having conversations with other pupils about smoking (i.e disseminating/transferring what they learned) was limited.
As a result, the revised tobacco control plan for Scotland published in June 2018 DID NOT commit to rolling out ASSIST beyond the pilot.
Overall, therefore, the impact here is that our study helped the Scottish government to decide not to invest further in a programme that looks to have minimal impact.

John Britton co-chairs, and Ann McNeill is vice-chair, of this panel to advise PHE on measures to reduce the prevalence of smoking

Description

Publication of NICE guidance

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Participation in a advisory committee

Impact

From 2011-13 Professor Linda Bauld chaired the NICE programme development group on tobacco harm reduction. The publication of the guidance has resulted in significant changes in practice in stop smoking services, pharmacies and other locations where smoking cessation advice is offered. Smokers now have the option of longer term use of NRT, cutting down with NRT before quitting and the guidance also contributed to a positive approach to clients using e-cigarettes and accessing the behavioural support provided by the services. Since then Professor Bauld has also established the UK Electronic Cigarette Research Network as a partnership between UKCTAS, Cancer Research UK and Public Health England. This forum includes policy makers and practitioners as well as researchers and aims to inform policy and practice on e-cigarettes.

Description

Regional smoking cessation staff conference

Geographic Reach

Local/Municipal/Regional

Policy Influence Type

Influenced training of practitioners or researchers

Description

Research by TCRG, available on TobaccoTactics.org cited by Sir Cyril Chantler in his review of the evidence on plain packaging

Research supported implementation of plain packaging legislation in the UK

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Citation in other policy documents

Impact

Our research on plain packaging in the UK identified how the tobacco industry produced & widely disseminated highly misleading & very poor quality evidence which claimed that the policy would not work & would increase cigarette smuggling.[1-5] This tactic was initially successful when in July 2013 the government decided against plain packaging citing inadequate evidence. Our work was instrumental in alerting politicians to the industry's misrepresentation of the evidence: it featured prominently in the government commissioned March 2014 review of the evidence by Sir Cyril Chantler[6] & was used in the Government's legal defence against the tobacco industry's challenge to the legislation & heavily cited in the resulting 2016 High Court ruling by Justice Green.[7] Subsequent research has shown how the tobacco industry used third party organisations financially linked to them to produce research, promote their arguments and lobby government as a means of expanding and extending the policy conflict in the UK [8]. We are currently examining social media responses to plain packaging debates, industry use of the media to promote misleading data about the illicit tobacco trade and evaluating the impact of standardised packaging on the tobacco industry in the UK.

The Royal College of Physician's report 'Nicotine without smoke' was published in April 2016 and achieved widespread media reporting, including BBC television, and The Guardian, Times and Scotsman newspapers.

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Influenced training of practitioners or researchers

Description

The UKCTAS works collaboratively with ASH each year to produce a Budget Submission. Since 2013, this budget submission has cited our work extensively and emphasised the need for a MET

Tim Coleman has been appointed Topic Expert for NICE guidance update commitee (Tobacco Control incorporating smoking in pregnancy)

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Membership of a guideline committee

Description

Tobacco imagery in Love Island paper received wide media attention and the findings of this study are being used in talks with Ofcom to revisit regulations regarding tobacco imagery in television

Geographic Reach

Europe

Policy Influence Type

Participation in a advisory committee

Description

Two systematic reviews on the equity impact of tobacco control on smoking in youth and adults were cited in the Scottish Government's new action plan on smoking.

Geographic Reach

National

Policy Influence Type

Citation in other policy documents

Impact

Our two systematic reviews on the equity impact of tobacco control on smoking in youth and adults were cited in the Scottish Government's new action plan on smoking (2018) 'Improving Scotland's Health- Raising Scotland's Tobacco-free Generation' (p35 paras 106 and 107) as providing the evidence base for their proposed actions to reduce inequalities in smoking. In addition these were the only academic papers cited in the whole action plan.

Our work on tobacco industry pricing showed how the tobacco industry was using its pricing strategy to undermine the intended public health impacts of tobacco tax policy (by absorbing taxes on its cheapest products) & identified that this could be addressed, inter alia, through a minimum excise tax (MET)[2-5] which the government has now committed to implement.[1] We shared our work & its recommendations for policy change directly with civil servants & successive Treasury Ministers, updating them annually on the latest evidence. The work as also shared with NGOs in the field, most notably ASH. The UKCTAS works collaboratively with ASH each year to produce a Budget Submission. Since 2013, this budget submission has cited our work extensively and emphasised the need for a MET.eg[6] In 2014 the Treasury held a public consultation on a MET; the consultation documents citing & reproducing our work.[7] The 2016 Budget then announced the introduction of a MET via the 2017 Finance Bill.[1] We have also received an NIHR grant to update and expand our previous research and this is now fully underway.

Description

evidence on electronic cigarette policy to Canadian government Standing Committee on Health

we presented our findings to a variety of stakeholders including shopkeepers, local councillor, ASH and Department of Health colleagues. Our findings were taken into account as the final stages of preparation for the implementation of the point of sale tobacco display law were being put in place.

Description

to support a proposal to co-produce an evaluation platform aiming to reduce alcohol social harm

Geographic Reach

Australia

Policy Influence Type

Participation in a advisory committee

Description

'Development and evaluation of web-based interventions to promote the uptake and effective use of health and wellbeing apps'

Amount

£52,600 (GBP)

Organisation

Public Health England

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

Description

. Updating the alcohol reduction app, Drink Less, in response to common user feedback and in line with advances in software and technology.

A randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of GP promotion of e-cigarettes in supporting reduced smoking and abstinence in hardcore smokers with smoking-related chronic disease (ERASE).

Amount

£301,580 (GBP)

Funding ID

PDF-2016-09-043

Organisation

National Institute for Health Research

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

11/2016

End

10/2019

Description

A randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of GP promotion of e-cigarettes in supporting reduced smoking and abstinence in hardcore smokers with smoking-related chronic disease (ERASE).

Amount

£398,766 (GBP)

Funding ID

PDF-2016-09-043

Organisation

National Institute for Health Research

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

11/2016

End

10/2019

Description

Action on Smoking and Health entrepreneurial funding (Hitchman is the contact at KCL)

Amount

£40,000 (GBP)

Organisation

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

10/2015

End

06/2016

Description

Alcohol Research UK research innovation grant

Amount

£60,425 (GBP)

Organisation

Alcohol Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

01/2015

End

12/2016

Description

Alcohol in Pregnancy Study

Amount

£10,000 (GBP)

Organisation

Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

09/2014

End

06/2016

Description

Assessment of Citizens' Exposure to Tobacco Marketing

Amount

€ 200,000 (EUR)

Organisation

European Commission

Sector

Public

Country

European Union (EU)

Start

09/2014

End

06/2015

Description

Association of Physicians of GB and Ireland - project grants

Amount

£10,000 (GBP)

Organisation

Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

04/2015

End

03/2016

Description

Attitudes to and use of electronic cigarettes: A multi-centre longitudinal cohort survey of smokers and recent ex-smokers during pregnancy and postpartum

Amount

£102,136 (GBP)

Funding ID

22733

Organisation

Cancer Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

10/2016

End

08/2018

Description

Attitudes to and use of electronic cigarettes: A multi-centre longitudinal cohort survey of smokers and recent ex-smokers during pregnancy and postpartum

Amount

£102,000 (GBP)

Funding ID

22733

Organisation

Cancer Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

10/2016

End

06/2019

Description

Attitudes to electronic cigarettes: A qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth

Amount

£4,700 (GBP)

Funding ID

20490

Organisation

Cancer Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

10/2015

End

10/2016

Description

Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation: a suite of Cochrane reviews including an overview of reviews and network meta-analyses with covariates informed by updates of existing Cochrane reviews.

Amount

£351,244 (GBP)

Funding ID

16/114/20

Organisation

National Institute for Health Research

Department

Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA)

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

02/2018

End

01/2021

Description

Building capacity for applied research to reduce tobacco-related harm in low and middle income countries

Amount

£3,460,000 (GBP)

Organisation

Research Councils UK (RCUK)

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

10/2017

End

09/2021

Description

CRUK Professorial Fellowship

Amount

£251,800 (GBP)

Organisation

Cancer Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

08/2014

End

07/2019

Description

CSO Project grants

Amount

£190,761 (GBP)

Organisation

Chief Scientist Office

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

06/2014

End

08/2016

Description

Cancer Research UK

Amount

£97,655 (GBP)

Organisation

Cancer Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

04/2016

End

12/2017

Description

Cancer Research UK

Amount

£5,135 (GBP)

Organisation

Cancer Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

12/2016

End

05/2017

Description

Cancer Research UK

Amount

£137,119 (GBP)

Organisation

Cancer Research UK

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

Country

United Kingdom

Start

06/2017

End

07/2019

Description

Cancer Research UK Population Research Committee, Chief Scientists Office and other funders (collaborative award)

E-cigarettes to Augment Stop Smoking In-person Support and Treatment with varenicline (E-ASSIST): a randomised controlled trial.

Amount

$200,000 (USD)

Organisation

Pfizer Inc

Sector

Private

Country

United States

Start

Description

ESRC Knowledge Exchange Grant

Amount

£98,758 (GBP)

Organisation

Economic and Social Research Council

Department

ESRC Seminar Series

Sector

Academic/University

Country

United Kingdom

Start

09/2013

End

11/2014

Description

EU Horizon 2020

Amount

€ 2,995,000 (EUR)

Organisation

European Commission

Department

Horizon 2020

Sector

Public

Country

European Union (EU)

Start

04/2015

End

03/2018

Description

EXILENS - EXploring the Impact of alcohol Licensing in ENgland and Scotland: A mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation of public health engagement in alcohol premises licensing and impact on alcohol-related harms

Amount

£837,000 (GBP)

Funding ID

PHR/15/129/11

Organisation

National Institute for Health Research

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

04/2017

End

03/2020

Description

EXILENS - Exploring the impact of alcohol licensing in England and Scotland: A mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation of public health engagement in alcohol premises licensing and impact on alcohol-related harms

Amount

£837,436 (GBP)

Funding ID

PHR/15/129/11

Organisation

National Institute for Health Research

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

04/2017

End

03/2021

Description

Enhancing pharmacological and behavioural support to reduce smoking relapse: A factorial RCT

We Can Quit2: A cluster randomised pilot trial of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women in disadvantaged areas of Ireland

Amount

€ 560,400 (EUR)

Organisation

Health Research Board (HRB)

Sector

Public

Country

Ireland

Start

06/2017

End

05/2020

Description

Women and alcohol: Evidence synthesis of the impacts on population level interventions to reduce alcohol use/harm by gender

Amount

£15,000 (GBP)

Organisation

Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

03/2015

End

12/2016

Description

Women and alcohol: Towards an equity review of the effectiveness of population-based interventions to reduce alcohol use and harm by gender

Amount

£15,000 (GBP)

Organisation

Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Sector

Public

Country

United Kingdom

Start

05/2015

End

12/2015

Title

Economics of Smoking in Pregnancy (ESIP)

Description

A dynamic economic model for valuing smoking cessation in pregnancy in economic terms

Type Of Material

Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human

Year Produced

2018

Provided To Others?

Yes

Impact

This is the first economic model which is freely available and with which the cost-effectivness of smoking cessation interventions can be valued in common health related quality of life units and so be compared in cost effectiveness terms with other healthcare interventions.
The model has been provided to NICE and is being considered for use in the ongoing updates of NICE guidance on smoking cessation in pregnancy.

A PhD student, Matthew Jones has worked with NIHR programme staff to produce a dynamic economic model for valuing smoking cessation in pregnancy in economic terms. This model is written in a user-friendly Excel spreadsheet and will be eventually be web-hosted for use by other researchers. It is the most comprehensive model of it's kind; Matthew defends his thesis in Jan 2015 and documentation for web hosting will begin after this.
PS: Options for selection don't really apply to this model - you should have an 'other' option

Type Of Material

Data analysis technique

Provided To Others?

No

Impact

It will be provided free of charge to other researchers within the next 18 months.

Description

Advising the Scottish government on planned mass media campaigns on smoking cessation

Organisation

Government of Scotland

Country

United Kingdom

Sector

Public

PI Contribution

Colleagues from the Scottish government attended the NIHR mass media study end of study event. The PI and UKCTAS Deputy Director, Linda Bauld, then met with these colleagues to provide input to planned 2018 mass media activity on smoking cessation. A copy of the submitted report to NIHR was provided in confidence and the results discussed in light of planned elements of the campaign in Scotland

Collaborator Contribution

Attendance at the end of study event and establishing lines of communication with the research team

Impact

Outputs to follow once SG's campaign is launched

Start Year

2017

Description

Collaboration running a trial of personalised smoking cessation interventions delivered as part of a lung cancer screening trial.

The team were contacted by BIT who are keen to trial the uptake of our SMS text message system at the point of pregnancy test purchase.

Collaborator Contribution

BIT have negotiated with ASDA to insert a label into pregnancy tests describing how pregnant smokers can access our SMS system. This will be tested in 2014.

Impact

n/a

Start Year

2013

Description

NIHR school

Organisation

National Institute for Health Research

Department

School for Primary Care Research

Country

United Kingdom

Sector

Academic/University

PI Contribution

This provides the potential for better collaboration between the NIHR team and other primary care researchers

Collaborator Contribution

This provides the potential for better collaboration between the NIHR team and other primary care researchers

Impact

n/a

Start Year

2010

Description

New NHS host of award

Organisation

NHS Nottingham City CCG

Country

United Kingdom

Sector

Public

PI Contribution

The previous award host has been abolished (it was a PCT)

Collaborator Contribution

Hosts award

Impact

n/a

Start Year

2013

Description

Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group

Organisation

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

Country

United Kingdom

Sector

Charity/Non Profit

PI Contribution

The studies conducted by Professor Bauld and her colleagues that focus on Smoking in Pregnancy have directly contributed to the success of the multi-agency Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group, coordinated by ASH and including over 20 other organisations including PHE, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Nursing, SANDS and other baby charities.
Professor Bauld is co-chair of the Challenge group along with Clea Harmer, chief executive of SANDS

Collaborator Contribution

ASH coordinates the partnership. The many other members (see URL) support the partnership in a variety of ways including the challenge group's reports

Impact

Annual reports from the partnership which can be found on the Challenge Group's website. Also practical resources on the maternal health workforce, carbon monoxide breath testing and e-cigarette use in pregnancy

Start Year

2013

Description

Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group

Organisation

Public Health England

Country

United Kingdom

Sector

Public

PI Contribution

The studies conducted by Professor Bauld and her colleagues that focus on Smoking in Pregnancy have directly contributed to the success of the multi-agency Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group, coordinated by ASH and including over 20 other organisations including PHE, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Nursing, SANDS and other baby charities.
Professor Bauld is co-chair of the Challenge group along with Clea Harmer, chief executive of SANDS

Collaborator Contribution

ASH coordinates the partnership. The many other members (see URL) support the partnership in a variety of ways including the challenge group's reports

Impact

Annual reports from the partnership which can be found on the Challenge Group's website. Also practical resources on the maternal health workforce, carbon monoxide breath testing and e-cigarette use in pregnancy

Start Year

2013

Description

Tobacco and alcohol tax

Organisation

University of Sheffield

Department

School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)

Country

United Kingdom

Sector

Academic/University

PI Contribution

I contribute knowledge of commercial determinants of health, the tobacco and alcohol industries and qualitative research skills.

Our nicotine research groups at King's has developed a collaborative relationship with colleagues in John Hopkins in the US who together with Linda Bauld from the University of Stirling are preparing a joint academic paper on measurement issues in electronic cigarette research.

Collaborator Contribution

we are collaborating on a paper - some of the input from our group stems from the CRUK grant to examine e-cigarettes surveys

Impact

one paper is under review

Start Year

2015

Description

Society for Social Medicine Conference - Tobacco control in England - Gilmore A

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Tobacco control in England: using microsimulation modelling to quantify the potential impact of a tobacco-free generation or a total ban. Research output: Contribution to conference > Abstract

A keynote speaker at the Cross Party Group on Improving Scotland's Health: 2021 and Beyond (ScotHealth2021), Scottish Parliament, January 2018- audience of MSPs, public health policymakers and third sector organisations.

Smoking cessation in pregnancy: recommendations from the Challenge group report.

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

Regional

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

info not available

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013

Description

"Alcohol Policy in Practice"

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Postgraduate students

Results and Impact

This year's course, held in the beautiful city of Bath, featured inputs from Prof. Anna Gilmore and colleagues from the University of Bath, Dr Carol Emslie from Glasgow Caledonian University, Dr James Nicholls from Alcohol Research UK, and Professor Karine Gallopel-Morvan from the EHESP School of Public Health, France. We also welcomed the return of highly-rated inputs from leading experts such as Katherine Brown from the Institute of Alcohol Studies and Colin Shevills of Balance North East.

"I was a full time proper smoker": a qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum (Orton) NIHR Smoking in Pregnancy Annual Event 2015

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Considerable interest, many questions during and after presentation

This event provided the opportunity to disseminate the findings of our studies to the practitioners who helped us conduct the research and to other academic audiences.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

"Investigating the impact of alcohol's harm on children" with Newstalk ZB and newshub on a newly funded study that will investigate the impact of alcohols harm on children.

Form Of Engagement Activity

A magazine, newsletter or online publication

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Public/other audiences

Results and Impact

Taisia Huckle (2018) media interviews on "Investigating the impact of alcohol's harm on children" with Newstalk ZB and newshub on a newly funded study that will investigate the impact of alcohols harm on children.

Taught by world-leading academics and practitioners, the module is aimed at professionals working in a range of organisations who are interested in public health and policy in the UK or internationally.

In addition to the topics covered on our previous tobacco CPDs, we also examine in detail the current evidence on tobacco harm reduction, electronic cigarettes and other nicotine-containing devices.

This year we discussed important factors in tobacco control including; youth smoking, the role of the tobacco industry, use of mass media for smoking prevention and cessation, smokefree legislation, harm reduction and the neurobiology of nicotine addiction.

'N-READY presentation at 'Fit for and during pregnancy': prevention and the maternity pathway event, 29.01.2019. All Nations Centre, Leicester. R. Thomson and L. Smith

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

Regional

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Overview of the NREADY programme presented at an event organised by Public Health England (East Mids) and NHS England to an audience of clinicians, public health and CCG's. 15 mins presentation, Q&A, networking.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2019

Description

'Tackling Illicit Tobacco for Better Health Partnership

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

We shared preliminary findings of our research in this national roundtable meeting which AM chairs.

We recruit occasional or regular drinkers, or those interested in public health and prevention issues in general, who are aged 18 years or over, living within 10 miles of Stirling and are willing to attend 2 meetings a year. This is to get their views on alcohol policy and research ideas, as well as current research projects and alcohol policies and other public health and prevention policy issues in Scotland and the UK. We hope to learn from the public's perspective so that our research can take into account the needs and views of the people who it will effect the most.

On 12 October 2016, University College London hosted an afternoon/evening meeting entitled Reducing alcohol consumption: guidelines, local government and digital technologies. Attended by >70 people including charity reps, local government reps and researchers. Speakers included Claire Garnett, Emma Beard, Jamie Brown and John Holmes and the event was chaired by Robert West.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Alcohol, cancer and Hepatitis C. A&H C Conf, Edin, June 15

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

Regional

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

-

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

All Party Parliamentary Group inquiry to input into the Comprehensive Spending Review, House of Commons, London

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

AG and RB presented written and oral evidence, based on their research, on tobacco industry pricing and profits to the APPG on tobacco or health prior to the Comprehensive Spending Review. Their presentation showed inter alia that there is scope to further increase tobacco taxes, that a collar and cap system would help close the price gap between expensive and cheap cigarettes thereby reducing inequalities, and that price cap regulation could raise £500m annually.

This led to a submission from the APPG to the Comprehensive SPending REview: http://www.ash.org.uk/spendingreview2015

WS2 opt out - Poster presentationSome questions asked about the study after viewing the poster

No notable impacts noted

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Appearance before Parliamentary Committee on Technology and Science as expert witness

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

I was presenting evidence on e-cigarettes to a Parliamentary enquiry on the topic.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Assessing the scope of NHS support for smoking cessation in pregnancy (Fahy, S) SAPC Leicester 2012

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

WS1 - poster presentation

Not known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2012

Description

Assessing the scope of NHS support for smoking cessation in pregnancy (Fahy, S) STCA Edinburgh 2011

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

WS1 - powerpoint presentation

Not known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2011

Description

Attendance at Advisory Board of Public Health England

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

Local

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Professor Hastings was present in an advisory capacity.

Not known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Attendance at NICE Topic Advisory workshop

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Involvement in policy discussion.

Not yet known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Attended the cross-department working group on smoking statistics to present how our health economic modelling at Sheffield uses national smoking statistics

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other audiences

Results and Impact

Duncan Gillespie was invited to present to the cross-departmental working group on how we use smoking statistics in our health economic modelling. The group comprises representatives from NHS Digital, Public Health England, Department of Health, Office for National Statistics, HMRC, Scotland Office, DoH Northern Ireland, Welsh government. The meeting sparked discussions about how we might make better use of smoking statistics in our health economic modelling, and how the survey methods on smoking might be adapted to improve the useability of the data.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Attitudes towards and use of cessation support in pregnancy and post-partum (Naughton, F) NIHR Smoking in Pregnancy Research Programme Annual Event, Nottingham

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Considerable interest and questions

This event provided the opportunity to disseminate the findings of our studies to the practitioners who helped us conduct the research and to other academic audiences.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

BBC Radio 4

Form Of Engagement Activity

A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Public/other audiences

Results and Impact

Prof. John Britton Speaking to BBC Radio 4 on PHE & DrinkAware Campaign

Can Primary Care data be used to monitor the prevalence of current smoking during pregnancy? (Dhalwani, N) European Congress of Epidemiology- EUROEPI August 2013

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

WS3 - poster presentation

Not known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013

Description

Can Primary Care data be used to monitor the prevalence of current smoking during pregnancy? A comparison with other national data sources (Dhalwani, N) European Congress of Epidemiology - EUROEPI August 2013

About 3 times a year UKCTAS, CRUK and PHE hold a forum to discuss electronic cigarette research issues and findings. This is mainly for early career researchers and has increased the number of grant applications in this area. I chair the group for UKCTAS

In August 2014, Olivia Maynard, David Troy and Sarah Griffiths of the University of Bristol demonstrated Bristol's research on smoking and drinking in the festival's dedicated science area, 'Einstein's Garden'. At their stall entitled 'A scientist walks into a bar', hundreds of festival-goers, young and old were invited to come up to the 'bar' and find out how glass shape influences drinking behaviour, see what comes out of a cigarette and take part in a beer-goggles experiment.

Presentation at the UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting - interest and questions generated from the presentation. 12 minute presentation followed by short Q&A

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Don't Quit on us: next steps to prevent smoking related cancer. Seminar presentation at the National Cancer Research Institute Conference, Liverpool, November 8th.

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Seminar/workshop presentation at NCRI organised by Cancer Research UKto highlight current research to address smoking, the primary preventable cause of cancer.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

E-cig use in children & young people, CRUK E-cig Research Workshop, London May 15

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

-

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

E-cigarette Summit: priorities for vaping research pregnancy mental health and cancer patients. The Royal Society London 17 November 2016

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

To highlight latest studies on e-cigarettes

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

E-cigarette use in public places: how can research inform regulation?

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Public/other audiences

Results and Impact

Presentation and debate at the annual electronic cigarette summit at the rOYAL society in London. This event generates a lot of interest, the presentation topic was controversial, all the slides etc are online

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

we arranged a media press briefing with the Science Media Centre to discuss electronic cigarettes and their relationship to smoking cessation in more detail. The idea was also to allow media representatives to discuss electronic cigarettes with us in more detail. The papers received widespread publicity in the media the following day. We have also had further requests for such sessions with the media.

Plenary presentation at the 4th Global Forum on Nicotine, an annual conference on tobacco harm reduction

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Electronic cigarettes in pregnancy: what do we know? Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Florence, Italy, 11th March

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Other audiences

Results and Impact

Parallel paper presentation at the annual meeting of the professional (academic) organisation (SRNT Europe) where I currently hold the role of President

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Engagement with visitors at Science Museum in Bristol

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

Local

Primary Audience

Public/other audiences

Results and Impact

In May 2014, TARG researchers demonstrated the effect of glass shape on drinking behaviour to adult visitors at the local science museum, At-Bristol. At the 'After Hours' event, members of the public were asked to judge the halfway point of three differently shaped glasses (straight, tulip or curved).

Live data were collected at the event and it was shown that members of the public found it easier to judge the halfway point on straight as compared with curved glasses.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

European Parliament closed meeting: Assessment of the EU Tobacco Agreements in the context of the global and EU instruments to fight illicit trade in tobacco

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

This meeting aimed to review the impacts of the anti illicit trade agreements reached between the tobacco industry and the European Commission in order to help reach a decision on whether to renew the agreement with Philip Morris International. AG was one of 4 experts presenting evidence for the tobacco control community based on past and ongoing research. It was a closed mtg and I am unable to provide further detail.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

European Respiratory Society International Congress

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Tessa Langley: European Respiratory Society International Congress. "Tobacco Control: What works in smoking prevention and cessation?" Invited presentation. Milan 10/09/17.

Was invited to be an expert panel member for RECIG a study of electronic cigarette use in Ontario, Canada, funded by the Ontario Government. We had a two day meeting reviewing outputs and I gave a presentation at a seminar which was also streamed online by the University of Toronto.

Numerous focus groups run with smokers in Yorkshire and South Wales and an online feedback session with the Nottingham Smokers Panel to develop the intervention for the personalised smoking cessation interventions in lung cancer screening trial.

In August 2014, researchers from the University of Bristol engaged with visitors of At-Bristol (the local Science Museum) by talking to them about the psychology of emotional facial expressions. Visitors took part in a game designed to elicit different emotions and played with a computer that can recognise facial expressions. Visitors were also invited to take part in a test of emotional expression recognition on iPads.

The data collected will be used to look at the development of emotion recognition ability across the life span.

Plenary presentation at an annual conference on e-cigarettes and tobacco harm attended by a range of delegates working in relevant organisations across the UK and in a number of other countries particularly the USA and other parts of Europe

Plenary presentation at the US version of the UK E-cigarette Summit, my presentation aimed to provide an overview of global trends to place discussions on appropriate regulatory structures in the USA into context

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Guardian article by Sarah Bosely

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Interviewed and quoted in article written by Sarah Bosley 'Vaping does not help people stop smoking, says WHO report; Critics say WHO report is a backward step that will hamper fight to cut tobacco-related deaths'

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Horizon programme on BBC TV, 2016

Form Of Engagement Activity

A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

The programme broadcast a small randomised trial, which was sponsored at the University of Oxford and, together with Peter Hajek at Queen Mary University, London, Paul Aveyard and colleagues wrote, developed and enacted the protocol that formed the centre-piece of the programme.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

IAC Video: How the IAC Affects Policy

Form Of Engagement Activity

Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Sally Caswell along with other colleagues in a film made for youtube to speak how the IAC effects policy in NZ.

McNeill chaired a national round table of the illicit tobacco partnership set up by Fresh North East. The round table was designed to update partners on latest research and activities in the illicit tobacco area. Gilmore presented an overview of our NIHR price research project. Audience included: HMRC, Dept for Health, Trading Standards, Smokefree Partnership, Local Authorities, ASH

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Importance of feasibility and pilot work in clinical trials (Foster, K) UKTMN Conference; 10th September 2015

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Health professionals

Results and Impact

No results reported

Improving knowledge and understanding of feasibility/pilot trials in clinical research

Plenary presentation at the annual conference on cancer in Scotland convened by Cancer Research UK and and attended by a range of delegates working in relevant organisations across Scotland and further afield

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Interest and use of smoking cessation support across pregnancy and after delivery (Naughton, F) DHP Annual Conference 2015, Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

Considerable interest, questions after talk and some post conference discussion with other academics focusing on pregnancy behaviour change

Discussion about similar research with UK and International researchers.

Interview for National Public Radio (NPR) News radio on RRT results (USA)

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

Nicola Lindson-Hawley interviewed for National Public Radio (NPR) News radio on Rapid Reduction Trial results (USA)

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Interview for ORF web and radio report (Austria)

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

Nicola Lindson-Hawley interviewed for ORF web and radio report on RRT results (Austria)

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Interview for The Pulse radio AM980 (Canada)

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

Nicola Lindson-Hawley was interviewed for The Pulse radio AM980 (Canada)

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Interview for WUKY 91.3 FM University of Kentucky Public Radio (USA)

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

Local

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

Nicola interviewed for WUKY 91.3 FM University of Kentucky Public Radio, on RRT results (USA)

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Interview for the Guardian newspaper

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce was interviewed by The Guardian for their article on the ecig update - quotes were included in reporting: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/13/electronic-cigarettes-can-help-smokers-quit-says-study

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce at the University of Oxford interviewed for story in Independent on safety of vaping: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/vaping-e-cigarettes-healthier-alternative-tobacco-nicotinw-fewer-toxins-cancer-causing-substances-a7566831.html

Jamie Doward link to TobaccoTactics.org in article in The Observer (31 May 2015)

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Public/other audiences

Results and Impact

Journalist Jamie Doward wrote an article in The Observer about MP Priti Patel and linked to our TobaccoTactics.org page http://tobaccotactics.org/images/8/83/Ppatelburma.pdf which revealed that she did work for British American Tobacco during her employment at public relations firm Weber Shandwick. This article was shared 12663 times.

A keynote speaker at the Scottish Tobacco-Free Alliance Annual Learning Day, Edinburgh, September 2017. Audience of audience of public health practitioners, policymakers and third sector organisations.

Knowledge integration across health domains: the context and challenge, National Cancer Institute and CRUK Behavioural Research for Cancer Prevention Innovation Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, April 24th.

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Other audiences

Results and Impact

Keynote presentation at a workshop convened by CRUK and the US National Cancer Institute for early and mid career researchers interested in doing more research on preventable risk factors for cancer including smoking, alcohol use, diet, physical activity and others

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

London and the Harvard Medical School Cancer, Biology and Therapeutics Workshop: Smoking cessation etiology tobacco. University College London 18-19 March 16

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Postgraduate students

Results and Impact

Guest lecture at Harvard's international programme for PG oncology trainess

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

WE were commissioned to write a review of the evidence on electronic cigarettes for Public Health England and held two briefings: one for stakeholders (including a variety of organisations) and a second with the media. We received widespread international publicity but also a consensus statement emerged among a wide variety of 12 stakeholders on electronic cigarettes. The report has been mentioned in policy initiatives in other countries and specifically around a change in electronic policy in a mental health trust.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

Media interviews on Public Health England campaign on smoking cessation

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

I presented to local radio in a relay of interviews on the PHE Stoptober for the network of BBC radio stations

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Meeting of the experts to support the work of the Conference of the Parties on Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC, Thailand

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

invited member of this international expert group on tobacco industry interference, FCTC Article 5.3, and Tobacco Industry Observatories. Invited to participate in the discussions and gave presentation entitled 'Lessons learned from establishing Tobacco Tactics. A key outcome was the establishment of Tobacco Industry Observatories based on our TobaccoTactics model

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

Meeting with ACT civil servants

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Civil servants in the Australian Capital Territory Government met with our research team members to understand how minimum unit pricing for alcohol may be used and advocated for within their jurisdiction.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Meeting with HMRC re illicit tobacco and price issues

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Members of the Illicit Tobacco Partnership, including AM (who chairs the group) met with HMRC concerning illicit tobacco and price issues

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Meeting with Public Health England and NHS Digital to discuss methods to estimate the fractions of disease attributable to tobacco and alcohol for the reporting of national statistics

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other audiences

Results and Impact

Duncan Gillespie, Colin Angus and Laura Webster went to PHE to present the methods and results of our calculations of attributable fractions for tobacco and alcohol. An in-depth methodological discussion was had, and everyone went away with new thoughts on the most appropriate methods.

Meeting with Public Health Minister to discuss implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Meeting with Public Health Minister to discuss implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan, 20.12.17

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Meeting with Treasury to discuss project findings with ASH, 2018

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

The findings of the research are relevant to UK tax policy and were discussed with officials and ASH.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017,2018

Description

Meeting with Western Australian Mental Health Commission

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Approximately 10 people attended a meeting to discuss how to advocate for minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Western Australian. Our researcher contributed experience from the IARP project.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Meeting with Western Australian ministerial advisors

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Senior policy advisors to Western Australian Government ministers met with our research team member to learn about minimum unit pricing for alcohol and how it might align with their policy programme.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Meetings with Treasury Minister to present recommendations on tobacco for the annual Budget

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Since 2013 AG &/or others on the project team have met annually with the Budget Minister prior to the April budget to present recommendations for tobacco. The meeting is organised & led by Action on Smoking or Health. Many of the recommendations presented at each meeting have been based on our research which has also made a key contribution to the annual budget submission developed by ASH and UKCTAS. I am unable to comment further.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013,2014,2015,2016

Description

Meetings with Treasury Minister to present recommendations on tobacco for the annual budget

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Since 2013 AG &/or others on the project team have met annually with the Budget Minister prior to the April budget to present recommendations for tobacco. The meeting is organised and led by Action on Smoking or Health. Many of the recommendations presented at each meeting have been based on our research which has also made a key contribution to the annual budget submission developed by ASH and UKCTAS.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013,2014,2015,2016,2017

Description

Meetings with Treasury to discuss project findings with ASH 2017

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

The findings of the research are relevant to UK tax policy and were discussed with officials and ASH.

Rachael Murray gave a presentation to the NICE programme development group on smoking cessation in secondary care settings on the findings of the systematic intervention trial, which led to the model used in the trial being incorporated into the core guidance for secondary care settings.

New study for CSG' view: Smoking cessation during pregnancy, London 15

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Primary care clinical studies group

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

NewsHub New Zealand - normalisation of alcohol.

Form Of Engagement Activity

A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Public/other audiences

Results and Impact

Taisia Huckle (2018) was interviewed by NewsHub New Zealand 14 June on the normalisation of alcohol. Dr Huckle discussed results from the IAC study report Drinking patterns by age and gender: cross-country analysis of the International Alcohol Control (IAC) study.

A presentation was given at a Public Health England lunchtime seminar followed by questions and discussion which increased knowledge and interest.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Participation in invited stakeholder event

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Dr Penny Buykx from the University of Sheffield attended an invited stakeholder event (PHE Dry January workshop) in September 2014 hosted by Public Health England and Alcohol Concern to discuss the potential messages which could be used to encourage those participating in Dry January to cease using alcohol for the month of January, and to potentially continue reduced or no alcohol use thereafter.

Political Economy of Public Health: 2016 Public Health@Cambridge. University of Cambridge, September 2016.

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Invited keynote speaker 'Understanding disease vectors: the case of the tobacco industry in the UK.' The event explored the political economy of public health and was used to pull together experts with an interest in this area across the UK.Larry King, University of Cambridge

"Privatisation and the Postcommunist Mortality Crisis"

Anna Gilmore, University of Bath

"The importance of understanding disease vectors: the case of the tobacco industry"

The team presented a poster "An examination of recruitment into a randomised control trial of an intervention to reduce children's exposure to second hand smoke at home" at the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference Manchester, June 11/12 2015. We distributed 50 A4 versions of the poster to delegates at the conference. With up to 200 more people viewing the poster. The team had many conversations with delegates about the trial, and recruitment into the trial.

The team presented the poster "An examination of recruitment and retention into an exploratory randomised controlled trial to reduce children's exposure to second-hand smoke at home" to the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. The team had lots of discussions with early career researchers about how to design trials and how to overcome some of the issues when recruiting participants into research.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

Pre-conference workshop

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other audiences

Results and Impact

UCL researchers held pre-conference workshop prior to the Digital Health annual conference, of which 26 delegates attended the pre-conference workshop on the topic of "Behaviour change techniques in apps: their selection, implementation and evaluation", February 2017.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Prescribing of NRT in and around pregnancy in the UK - A population based study using primary care data (Dhalwani, N) 42nd Annual Scientific meeting of SAPC 2012

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

WS3

Not known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013

Description

Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy in and around pregnancy in the UK - A population based study using primary care data (Dhalwani, N) 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Society for Academic Primary Care, Nottingham, 3rd - 5th July 2013

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

WS3Audience of approximately 30.

none known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013

Description

Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy in and around pregnancy in the UK - A population based study using primary care data (Dhalwani, N) Society for Social Medicine 57th Annual Scientific Meeting - Brighton, 11th-13th September 2013

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Type Of Presentation

paper presentation

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other audiences

Results and Impact

WS3 - powerpoint presentation100 people attended the conference

Unknown

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013

Description

Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy in and around pregnancy in the UK - A population based study using primary care data (Dhalwani, N) Society for Social Medicine 57th Annual Scientific Meeting 2013

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

WS3 - powerpoint presentation

Not known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2013

Description

Presentation at Alcohol Health Alliance hosted event

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

Dr Penny Buykx from the University of Sheffield gave an invited presentation "Public support for alcohol policies associated with knowledge of cancer risk" to participants at an event hosted by Alcohol Health Alliance for cancer charities regarding knowledge of the link between alcohol and cancer and public attitudes towards policies intended to reduce the harm from alcohol.

The purpose of the event was to engage with the cancer sector regarding improving public understanding of alcohol as a cancer risk factor.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation at European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control Workshop on cigarette smuggling

Presentation at Executive Agency for Health and Consumers of the European Commission Luxemburg 5th February 2014

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Opportunity to inform policy decision

Not known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation at World Health Organisation European Expert Advisory Group. Copenhagen 27th May 2014

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)

Results and Impact

Fostered discussion

Not yet known

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation at the BIG drink debate

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Schools

Results and Impact

Lucy Gell and Penny Buykx from the University of Sheffield gave a presentation on minimum unit pricing to an audience of approximately 30 adolescents and young adults engaged in an Alcohol Concern project to get young people involved in local and national alcohol policy initiatives.

Not yet known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation of E poster at World Conference Tobacco or Health 2018

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Other audiences

Results and Impact

E - Poster presented to an international audience at the World Conference for Tobacco or Health 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Presentation to politicians of work on choice architecture interventions to reduce alcohol consumption.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Presentation to Cross Party Group Tobacco Control, Scottish Government

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Presentation led to questions from Group members.

Not yet known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation to Cross Party Group on Tobacco and Health

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Stimulated discussion.

Not yet known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation to FARE seminar

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Third sector organisations

Results and Impact

Approximately 10-15 members of a public health advocacy organisation and related stakeholders attended a presentation by our researcher on the minimum unit pricing for alcohol.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2018

Description

Presentation to Government Advisory Group

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Questions were taken from the group following the presentation.

Presentation undertaken in October 2014, impact not yet known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation to London Smokefree Youth Network

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

Regional

Primary Audience

Third sector organisations

Results and Impact

Presentation by Meg Fluharty (PhD student) on the relationship between smoking and mental health.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2016

Description

Presentation to Plain Packaging review

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

The plain packaging review was commissioned by the Government to assess the evidence for implementing plain packaging of cigarettes.

It is likely UKCTAS's input described here contributed to the content of the review, which has influenced future Government plans to introduce this measure.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation to Scottish Youth Commission on Smoking Prevention

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

Yes

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

Fostered discussion.

Not yet known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation to schools

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

Local

Primary Audience

Schools

Results and Impact

Melanie Lovatt and Jessica Li from the University of Sheffield presented and led two workshops (20-30 students in each) to Year 11 and Year 10 students at Ash Hill Academy and Wingfield Academy in March 2014. Focus group and survey findings were presented to students as part of National Science Week.

Not known.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Presentation to the All-party Parliamentary group on Smoking and Health

Plenary presentation at an annual meeting for clinicians in Switzerland convened by their professional association. Primary prevention of chronic disease is not a core focus of practice for these professionals so the presentation aimed to raise awareness of the importance of prevention

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2017

Description

Priorities for action locally and nationally. LGA/ADPH Annual public health conference and exhibition, London 3 February 16

Form Of Engagement Activity

A talk or presentation

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

National

Primary Audience

Media (as a channel to the public)

Results and Impact

Outline what else needs to be done in tobacco control to annual local government conference

The poster was presented at the Annual Scientific meeting of the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine. The poster was available in the main hall and presented to the meeting during conference poster rounds.

Interest in the study and in the working group's work and data was expressed by several conference participants. Their email contacts were collected and will be followed up.

Co-author on presentation 'Content ablysis of tobacco industry data on the illicit tobacco trade in UK newspapers during the standardised packaging debate'.Led to early career researcher award and to editorial in lancet praising our knowledge exchange efforts and highlighting TObaccoTactics (REF abstract and the editorial)

Refining a SMS text message smoking cessation support system using multiple studies: the MiQuit intervention (Naughton, F) 27th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, 16th-20th July 2013

Researchers from the University of Bristol set up a stall at Bristol Bright Night in September to discuss tobacco and alcohol research with the public. Attendees were also given the chance to take part in a beer goggles experiment. David Troy presented a short talk in which he described his research into the effect of glass shape on drinking speed.

Interest from members of the public into research into alcohol and tobacco.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2014

Description

Residential Course in Advanced Hepatology

Form Of Engagement Activity

Participation in an activity, workshop or similar

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Professional Practitioners

Results and Impact

PB was an invited speaker at this Italian conference for alcohol clinicians and presented our work on alcohol pricing policies.

Year(s) Of Engagement Activity

2015

Description

Round Table on Article 20 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: building partnerships for tobacco control across Europe. Brussels 12 Oct 16

Form Of Engagement Activity

A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue

Part Of Official Scheme?

No

Geographic Reach

International

Primary Audience

Policymakers/politicians

Results and Impact

To make the case for EU funded research via Horizon 2020 and other mechanisms on tobacco control